Transmigration: On the Gossip Front

Everyone wanted to hear from Wei Jiang and his brother why Zhang Yu made such a decision, but the Wei brothers were just as dumbfounded.

Wei He was even angrier; whether the house would be donated was a matter for the future, but right now he was being kicked out by the old lady, and just thinking about it made him angry.

Although Wei Jiang was also feeling a bit down, knowing someone was worse off than him improved his mood significantly.

"We really don’t know. The old lady just suddenly said it, and even my dad doesn’t know," Wei Jiang sighed helplessly, "No idea what’s been going on with the old lady lately."

Wei Jiang was confused, and the neighbors were also bewildered, and everyone turned their attention to Auntie Wang and Granny Jiang, who had good relationships with Zhang Yu; they might know something.

Auntie Wang and the others shook their heads incessantly, "We really don’t know."

Even during the previous family division, they were just as confused. Before then, although Zhang Yu complained that she did everything at home, she never mentioned wanting to divide the family.

Now it’s even stranger, with talk of donating the house coming out. Auntie Wang and the others really couldn’t understand; they could understand dividing the family, there were ten or so people in the household, yet only Zhang Yu did the work, and Wei Dazhi would help after work.

Even Wei Xuan, who was married off, would bring things back home to wash and clean, and would also eat and take advantage, etc. Could this be the reason Zhang Yu was so disappointed in them?

But it was all speculation now, and they couldn’t be sure of anything.

"Oh right, did you hear that your mom really intends to kick Wei He out?" Everyone was really curious and wanted to know if Wei He would really be kicked out.

Wei Jiang nodded, "Yeah, my mom was just saying that there’s someone renting out a place in the alley behind us, and he should go check it out."

Wow, at first everyone thought Zhang Yu was just trying to scare Wei He and his wife. After all, Li Juan’s actions were excessive, and it was a matter that could be solved with an apology, but Li Juan simply refused to apologize.

Everyone knew that Zhang Yu doted on the two children, so they figured she was just venting and wouldn’t really kick Wei He and his wife out. But unexpectedly, Zhang Yu had already started inquiring about rental places.

This, this, everyone exchanged glances, oh dear, "She’s for real."

"Of course, otherwise why would she inquire about rental places?"

Wei He returned inside, feeling increasingly depressed, quickly made some noodles, and then stayed in his room.

He didn’t want to listen to the neighbors’ discussions outside, knowing they would likely mock him.

This place was no longer livable, he had to move out, but finding somewhere to move to was another issue. Ideally, he’d want to move far away to avoid anyone pointing fingers at him.

But he was reluctant to move far; it would mean more commuting time to work, and he’d appear less often in front of his parents. In that case, Wei Jiang and his wife, to secure the house, would gladly lower themselves and coax the old lady to transfer the property to them, leaving him the only one suffering.

Yes, since moving out is inevitable, he should choose a place close to home, so he can quickly come over when there’s any movement from his parents, absolutely not giving Wei Jiang any opportunities.

Also, if there’s any issue they encounter, his parents can lend a hand, Zhang Yu can still pick up Wei Lan from kindergarten, and he wouldn’t have to worry while working.

Though he still needed to discuss this with Li Juan, he was already set on staying in that particular house barring any major surprises.

Wei Ming and Wei Lan, brother and sister, wanted to go out and play, but seeing Wei He’s unpleasant expression, their instinctive animal intuition told them they definitely shouldn’t provoke Wei He right now, or they’d get no good response.

Zhang Yu and Wei Dazhi walked out of the alley, Zhang Yu pondering over such a big matter, knew she had to mention it to the latter, as he was the head of the household, the one supporting the family, it needed some explaining.

Just as Zhang Yu started explaining, planning to elaborate, "Wife, I completely support what you’ve done."

"Remember when we met, everything outside was chaotic and my family didn’t leave me with anything, it was all the savings we scraped together to buy a house and furnish it."

"Without much help from elders, we amassed such possessions, while they are double-income families with just two kids each, they can’t be worse off than us."

"You’re really not angry?" Hahaha, the original was really good to Zhang Yu; such a big issue without discussing it with him, a normal man would definitely be angry, but he wasn’t angry at all, a good man indeed.

"What’s there to be angry about?" Wei Dazhi never got angry with Zhang Yu, "If I were truly angry, it would be at them."

"Oh, is Old Bao really planning to go out of town to his son?" Wei Dazhi was more interested in confirming this matter than being angry.

Zhang Yu acknowledged, "His son works out of town, they’ve been married for many years and finally had a child, and Old Bao, having suffered a work injury, applied for early retirement."

Everyone in the alley knew the biggest concern of the Old Bao couple was their only son married for years without having children.

Trying to rush their son wouldn’t work, since he was far away; it took over three days by train to go there, nearly a week round trip, generally, it was Old Bao’s son and his wife who would come back to see the elderly.

After listening for a while, Wei Dazhi pondered, "Wife, do you think once Old Bao has a grandson, will they return to the Capital City, or will they stay out there with the whole family?"

Truly a couple, though the original definitely didn’t have this insight, Wei Dazhi had to be the thinker, "Right, I’ve been pondering the same, Old Bao’s house is just two rooms, doesn’t look big but it’s never hard to rent."

Especially in the 90s when demolitions happen, they might get a million or so at least, but of course, Zhang Yu would opt for a house, a house is always supreme.

See, once the wife wasn’t wrapped around the kids all day, her mind was sharp, and indeed she thought about this too.

Regarding buying the house, Wei Dazhi was very much in favor, but now there was an issue, "After buying Old Bao’s house, if the San family moves out, that’s no problem, but what if they still don’t get a house."

"And then the rent..." Wei Dazhi was worried that if Wei He didn’t want to pay rent, what would they do.

"In that case, we could tell Old Bao to borrow 300 from us under the guise of urgent need for money."

"With a monthly rent of 10, it covers two years and a half of rent."

"That way it could be postponed for several years." By then it would be the 80s, and even if the neighbors knew they bought Old Bao’s house, it wouldn’t matter, no need to worry at all.

Upon hearing this, Wei Dazhi thought it was a great idea, "Yes, that’s a good plan."